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Ep. 361: "True Beliefs" with Chapman & MacLain Way, Mary Pilon, Ahmed Bharoocha, Raley Schweinfurth, and Ron Artis II & The Truth, 12/14/2018
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Chapman & MacLain Way on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode explores "true beliefs" with filmmaking duo Chapman & MacLain Way, journalist and author Mary Pilon, comedian Ahmed Bharoocha, bee ent...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
Ep. 373: "Character Building" with Lauren Groff, Tommy Orange, Caitlin Weierhauser, and Lucy Kaplansky, 12/7/2018
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Lauren Groff on Live Wore, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode discusses "Character Building" with celebrated author Lauren Groff, writer Tommy Orange, comedian Caitlin Weierhauser, and singer-song...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
Ep. 359: "Unmentionables" with Laurie Kilmartin, Gaby Dunn, and Chris Staples, 11/30/2018
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Laurie Kilmartin on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episodes unmasks the "unmentionables" with comedian Laurie Kilmartin, YouTuber Gaby Dunn, and singer-songwriter Chris Staples.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
Ep. 368: "Fresh Starts" with Gary Shteyngart, Hari Kondabolu, Maxine McCormick, and Lenore, 9/28/2018
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Gary Shteyngart on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode touches on "Fresh Starts" with author Gary Shteyngart, comedian Hari Kondabolu, world champion fly caster Maxine McCormick, and Portla...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Ep. 372: "Hitting the Road" with Abbi Jacobson, Nicole Chung, Peter Sagal, and The Dip, 11/23/2018
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Abbi Jacobson on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode talks "Hitting the Road" with actor Abbi Jacobson from Broad City, writer Nicole Chung, and the host of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Pe...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
Ep. 360: "Guilty Pleasures" with Lindy West, Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, Alex Falcone, Stephen Green, and Moorea Masa & The Mood, 11/16/2018
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Lindy West on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode considers the "Guilty Pleasure" with New York Times columnist Lindy West, UnREAL co-creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, comedian Alex Falc...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
WoodSongs 948E: John Oates
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Caption: John Oates on the WoodSongs Stage
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcome one half of the best-selling duo of all time John Oates.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WLIW, WOUB, WLPR , RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 8
Ep. 371: "Paying Your Dues" with Phoebe Robinson, Thomas Page McBee, Lainey Morse, and Sammy Brue, 11/9/2018
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Phoebe Robinson on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode interprets what it means to "Pay Your Dues" with comedian and podcaster Phoebe Robinson, writer Thomas Page McBee, goat yoga entrepren...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
The Secret Life of Plants
From: The Organist
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Stevie Wonder’s entire life, according to conspiracy theorists, is a lie. He’s been able to see all along. But what does that have to do with the i...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 32:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Blindfold Challenge
From: The Organist
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In his audio diaries recorded while driving cross-country, artist David Wojnarowicz tries to describe how he feels after being diagnosed with AIDS....

Bought by WLRH


  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 47:04
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 369: "Facing Your Fears" with Jose Antonio Vargas, Courtenay Hameister, Marcella Arguello, and Planes on Paper, 10/12/2018
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Jose Antonio Vargas on Live Wire, Credit: Jennie Baker
This episode discusses what happens when you "Face Your Fears" with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, comedian Marcella Arguello, writer and former L...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Ep. 367: "Facing the Music" with Roger Reeves, LeAnn Mueller & Ali Clem (La Barbeque), and Charley Crockett, 9/14/2018
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Roger Reeves on Live Wire, Credit: E. Wight Photo
Live Wire "Faces the Music" in Austin, TX with busker-turned-blues artist Charley Crockett, poet Roger Reeves, and BBQ masters LeAnn Mueller and Al...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Dennis Dunnaway-Alice Cooper
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We continue Joe's book club with Dennis Dunnaway's, "Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group."

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, WYAP, KRSC and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Cadabra Records: The Creepiest Vinyl Around
From: Matt Mitchell
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One man's vision led to a vinyl-only record company producing albums of spoken-word horror literature. And the craziest part? It's flourishing.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 20, 2018
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
38 LOTR: The Return of the King
From: KCME
Series: Dinner and a Movie
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
In the final part of the series, Robert Bruce explores Howard Shore’s music for Peter Jackson’s, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Bought by KUPR low power FM and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2017
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 2
37 LOTR: The Two Towers
From: KCME
Series: Dinner and a Movie
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
In the second of a three-part series, Robert Bruce explores Howard Shore’s music for Peter Jackson’s film, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Speed of Sound: BNQT
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Eric Pulido was in the middle of a break with his band Midlake when the inspiration hit to reach out to some of his artist friends to start a new b...

Bought by WOUB and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 14, 2017
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
36 LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
From: KCME
Series: Dinner and a Movie
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
In the first of a three-part series, Robert Bruce explores Howard Shore’s music for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 58:35
  • Purchases: 1
66 Writers in Film
From: KCME
Series: Dinner and a Movie
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ~ Ernest Hemingway. On this edition of Dinner and a Movie, join Ro...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:22
  • Purchases: 2
65 Superheroes of DC Comics
From: KCME
Series: Dinner and a Movie
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Bird...It's a Plane... It's Superman! Oh Wait! It's Batman, or is that Wonder Woman?! It's film scores from movies abou...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:15
  • Purchases: 1
Four Quartets
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Norman Rockwell's Sharp Harmony, Credit: Ebay
We’ll feature four modern masterpieces for string quartet by Walter Mays, John Adams, Andrzej Panufnik, and John Corigliano on this episode of What...

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KVNO, WETS and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
27 Sense and Sensibility
From: KCME
Series: Dinner and a Movie
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
Enjoy Patrick Doyle's score for Emma Thompson's 1995 film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, "Sense and Sensibility".

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2017
  • Length: 56:41
  • Purchases: 1
GVP40 Book Review - Musicianship
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Three stories about that elusive quality - musicianship.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:13
Jazz Poet and Guest Co-Editor of New Letters Magazine Dan Jaffe
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Dan Jaffe is the guest co-editor of the most recent issue of NEW LETTERS magazine that focuses on jazz. Jaffe, who has always combined his poe...

Bought by KFCF FM and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Music From the Heart! (Valentine's special!)
From: WFIU
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An hour-long program of jazz and American popular song invoking the image of the heart for Valentine's Day. Featuring music from Doris Day, Kurt El...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6